Delivery-mechanism for match-machines.



A. KELLEY.

DELIVERY MECHANISM 50R MATCH MACHINES.

I APPLICATION FILED IULY 24| I91]- 7 1,266,953., Patented May 21,1918,

5 SHEETSSHEET I.

A. KELLEY.

DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR MATCH MACHINES.

Patented May 21, 1918.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 2 APPLICAT ON FILED JULY 24- 19H. 1,266,953.

A. KELLEY.

DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR MATCH MACHINES.

- APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, I917- 1,266,953. Patented May 21,1918.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

A. KELLEY.

DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR. MATCH MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24. 1917.

1,266,953., Patented May 21, 1918.

5 SHEETS-SHET 4.

A. KELLEY.

DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR MATCH MACHINES.

APPLICATION nuzo IULY 24. 1911.

1,266,953. Patented May 21,1918.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

STAES 00., OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR MATCH-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1918.

Application filed July 24, 1917. Serial No. 182,593.

- ered to the packaging machinery or conveyed to points where they maybe otherwise handled and prepared for the market. The object of thepresent invention is to provide means whereby the ,matches will bepositively-released from the conveyer and withdrawn therefrom andsimultaneously deposited upon the delivery belt. The invention alsoseeks to provide means whereby any stumps of matches which may be brokenj .gated feed roller 10 1s provided, said roller in the conveyer will beexpeditiously withdrawn so that when the conveyer is again presented tothe splint-making mechanism, the members of the conveyer will be free ofall obstructions and in proper condition to receive and hold thesplints.-

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure mechanism of a match-making apparatus;

Fig.2 is an enlarged longitudinal section of the same; I

' Fig. 3'is a plan view thereof;

Fig. l is an end elevation;

Fig. 5 is a perspective'view of the jaw openmg device;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the device for withdrawing stumps ofbroken matches;

Fig. 7 is a detail transverse section of the same. a

1 is a side elevation of the delivery j The matches are carriedresiliency. The construction herein disclosed is fully described 'inLetters-Patent No. 1,168,310 granted to me Jan. 18, 1916. At thedelivery end of the apparatus the conveyer is carried around a drum orsprocket wheel 4: and the tracks by which the conveyer is guided are sodisposed relative to the drum or sprocket wheel 4 that, as the rows ofmatches approach and pass the delivery point, they will be on radii ofthe drum and, consequently, will be spread slightly apart at their outerfree ends. A delivery belt 5 is arranged adjacent the drum 4 and ismounted upon suitable rollers 6 carried in a frame 7 secured to andprojecting having its shaft journaled in suitable bearings on the frame7 and having the said shaft extended at one end and equipped With apulley or pinion 11 adapted to engage the I overhanging rim or internalgear of the pulley 9. The corrugated roller will, consequently, berotated in the same direction as the delivery apron and it should be soarranged that its periphery will extend up into the same horizontalplane as the upper run of the said apron or belt.- By reference to Fig.2, it will be noted that as the conveyer moves downwardly the matches,indicated at 12, will be brought against the constantly rotatedcorrugated feed roller 10 and-will be engaged by said roller withsufficient force to be positively withdrawn from the jaws 3. In orderthat the jaws may be positively opened to release the matches, I

provide an opener consisting of a reciprothe fingers 14 will be forcedin between the jaws and then withdrawn during the interval that a row ofmatches is in contact with the roller 10. The block 13is provided withribs or cleats 15 at its ends which engage guides 16 on the sides of theframe 7 whereby the block will be caused to move in a direct line andwill not be carried out of the position in which the the conveyer jaws.The block is further fingers 14 may enter r. .t zz-mechamsm 1t W-lil: befree of'obstructions 'videdson'theupper-"open side of the suoti'on ,11'.wcupandaazbar 4L4 'oonneetin prorided with pins or trunnions a t l i ts; ends which enterslots 18 in the upper ends of-the pit nen' "1 9"rising from a'rock which is jo'nr'naied 'i'nsuitable'bearings upon theframe 7. At the.ends.ofv-t1 1e rocl shaft 20 are cranks 21 havingpinsaaat their ends engaging thev .groov es 23 r of thecarnsf f'fi which aresecured'rigidly to the ends "of a" the rotation. 'of rthe shaft25xw-i'11 be ?transjunitted rto "the fupperIsha/ft *8, as l wi1lbereadilyrunderstood. f LT v w a Atithe center of the shaft 25, l secureithereto a"beve"ied gear 29 meshing with a similairagear 30onthejupperendfof ashaft 20 -81 'whi ch v'is z-mouiitd in" suitablebearings "upon the main frame and extends d0wn- *wardly so as to beconnected through vgear vdug; shown at :32, to the main driving shaft 1-33 extending "longitudinally ;of the" appara- 251 -11s v i Asit"s'ometimes happens that matchesjare broken off and stumps ileft 'invthe conazey'er ,ja'ws 3,-'; I ';provide Jmeans don-Withdrawing"saidstumps so that when thefeonveyer is again: presented "to thesplint-forming which wou1dinterfere with the proper a insertion of thesplints "in- "the con'veyer. I 'fIhis'stump withdrawing mechanismcom-35Hprisesf iantransvefiely disposed :suction cup d34rroarriedyby andbetween therup'per ends main frame and are equipped at their lower endswith -spii1s: 36 :enga'ging cams 3;? "on 5 a transverse shaft 38 whichis' -equippec1 with a; gean forming a ipartiof thewtrainindicated at 32.5 The :"pitmen 35 will" thus; be "reciprocated' vertically i so "thatYfingers =39 proroupr34 will-abs f=projectedibetween the conveyer rj aws3 and will sp-read saidj 'aw's ;so :as tel-loosen any istump's that mayposs'i bly i be retained therein. The suction cup 34 fis :cdnnectedthrough a'i-hose 'or o'the'r 'conduit iOrrivith suction' wpuinp -41- so"that a I I strong suction is: constantly acting "through a thezsaid'cupiIY wgAs shown most clearly in Figs. 6 and ,7, '1? .==the opener"fingers39w'are'formed on the 1' upper'edges "of iblocks e2which are"disposed transversely of the suction cup and Within I the same. These-'b1ocksare*pr0Vided with '-:stems 43'aproje'cting through the side of Ithe g the upper ends ofrthei'pitmen 35, set's crews 45"bein g mount-"{Qdfill said ba'r 9130 secure 'the stems'ther'ein. The blocks warespaced from thef'bottoln of the ncup' to cprovide free ipassage for (thef aotherwis v p iscclaimedias'new is: of cpitmen" 35 which are mountedupon the rspose'd adj acen t extendi drawing inember disposed betweenthe'con e cup inclined to ward that end to facilitatethe flow to and ill 'f l fi bfiri "It is thou" tthebpemtion-will be readilyunderstoodifrointhe foregoing descrip- 71) non; taken in""conneetionwith the accomtanying drawings. The cams of. ,the shaft38 reciprocatethe pitmen'35 sothat with the bottom of th :flSSUCCGSSiVflJsJSOWS. ofconveyer jaws 3 are brought over the suction cup 34; with the 7;

fingers 39 thereon, :the; fingers will be :pro-

quently, spread apart; 1 The releasing: b1o'ck l 13 is: reo'iproe'ated"through I the described mechanism so 'that it wiii be properly timed{is 0 "t0 force the" opener fingers 14: into {engagexme'nt with theconveyerl'ij aws" 3 as reach s'uccessive rowxof :jaws. isbrought:tOiitil'GdB- liveryapoint; As-thea b1ockr13 "reaches a point adjacentthe conveyer ja'ws gyiitf'willflss @assume 'a-ipo'sition fdiredtlyaoventhemroller -10 and: resist. the pressure exertedf by said rolleruponthe'matches aand' cause the same *to .i'be effectually sengage'd'bysaid roller and ip'ositivelyt withdrawn andwdeposited uponveo -theidelivery apfon-worwbelt '5 whichwi'H carrythemxto the ipackagingmechanism or erdispose "of ith'em as may be 'de- 'ceedi'ngly simple.iinxthewonstruotion iand arwrangernentof its {parts and willfQPB'I-fltfi in waihighly-efli'cient manner to withdraw the-,:matchsfromthe-xcbnvejer. P

: Having thusdescribed the invention; 1100 I 1; i In x a wmatch'machine;the 'iconibination with a match conxieyer; of aicoiis'tantiympermtingwithdrawing roller disposed adjacent the conveyer andiinathe' pathofethematches n05 theizei'n and-i a' coiip erating memb er movable tozarndfrom 'the convyeracross thiroiier to press them against thewithdna'wingiroiier.

with a match conveyerfofzatonstantlyoperlatingl Withdrawing?roiiersdisposed adjacent the conveyer and in the pathflofsthe niatches"therein; an 1openereniorva'bieiinto engagement with; 'the c'onveyerftO' rrelease :the 1 matches 11 1 5 !th]3Gf-I'6Hl,'i?fli11dfi& axcarrier; for said sgipener movable across said withdrawing membento [holdthe matches against .the' same whereby -to' positively withdraw thematches from/"the conveye'rp i @2120 a r a' match'1naohine;f}the'.2combination :off a iinatclrconveyer, '-'c eliv'eryapron disn'g-laterally from aid co iy eyer," a constantly operatinwithveyer andthe' I delivery Y apron in thefp athf of matches iii-theconveyer, "and a cooperating meniberi' movable] above the delivery apronand across said withdrawing member to whereby they will be Withdrawnfrom the conveyer and deposited on the apron.

at. In a match machine, the combination of a match conveyer, a blockmovable toward and from the conveyer, fingers projectin from said blockto enter the conveyer and release the matches therefrom, and a grippingroller disposed adjacent the conveyer to clamp the matches against saidblock.

5. In a match machine, the combination with a match conveyer, of asuction cup disposed adjacent the convcyer, opener fingers projectingfrom said cup means for creating a suction through said cup, and meansfor moving said cup to and from the conveyer.

6. In a match machine, the combination with a match conveyor, of asuction cup disposed adjacent the conveyer, blocks disposed transverselyin said cup and having stems projecting through a side of the cup, a barthrough which said stems project means for securing said stems in thebar, fingers on the Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing blocks projecting above the cup, means for creatingsuction through the cup, and means for moving the cup to and from theconveyer.

7 In a match machine, the combination with a match conveyer, of aconstantly rotating roller disposed across the path of the matches inthe conveyer, and a gripper movable toward and from the conveyer to gripthe matches against said roller and positively withdraw them from theconveyer.

8. In a match machine, the combination with a match conveyer of awithdrawing member disposed across the path of matches in the conveyer,and a gripping member movable toward and from the conveyer over saidwithdrawing member and adapted to clamp the matches against said memberwhereby the matches will be positively withdrawn from the conveyer.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ALEXANDER KELLEY. [1,. s.]

the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

